Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-04
ELOQUENT ADDRESSES.
Major Maginnis Makes a Strong
Appeal for Statehood.

HELENA. NAV 31.-The memorial eser-
cIses as already announced in the TRIBUNE
were crowned with success. Ex-Governor
PIatt Carpenter made an eloquent address,
i'll which he said:
NO monument is needed to perpetuate
the memory OF our braves who persisted
in he great struggle. The shaft Is ceies-
tial that can reach to the summit OF their
glory, Their fame will outlast the printed
page and be cherished as long as a spark
of pstriotism shall glow n the human
breast. As we think of them our eyes
search not for the sepulcher, but instlnes
lively turn to the heavens.
Nav the numberless tributes of today.
whether uttered from the rosrruaa or
breathed from the mansion or the cabin
be borne on the breeze. and following the
pathway of our departed heroes, awaken
ioy in the spirit world that their labors
and sacrifices are remembered and appre-
ciated. They have ceased I'd walk the
earth-their dust may have returned to
dust-yes they live, for theirs are among
the immortal names that were not borne
10 die"
The talented and venerable orator con-
eluded amid applause, and was followed
hy Hon Martin Maginnis in a closing ad-
dress. This brilliant speaker is ever pop
ular. and his appearance was the signal for
vociferous applause, accompanied by the
waving of hankerchiefs by the ladies', and
numerous floral gifts. In his usual pleas
ing manner he addressed the assemblage,
and concluded as follows:
All the aspiration of patriotism seem to
to be fulfilled. Not only the authority OF
the government is restored, but the love
and LOYALTY to the Union, which indeed
was never dead, has been rekindled in the
fersent southern heart. Upon the other
hand, the people of that portion of our
common country have been restored to all
their privileges and their rights. They
sit in the national councils and in the ex-
ecutive chambers of the government.
They are again in fair proportion its ser
wants at home and its ambassadors abroad.
They are accorded all the rights in the
territories that they now desired. They
have been among our pioneers. and later
have been sent to fill the government of
fees and to be our rulers and our judges.
And we shall honor them as they judge
wisely and rightfully and govern we'll re-
gradless of oil differences in the past.
And rs the states have ali their rights in
the territories, they will | hope recognize
the rights that the territories have in the
states-the rights of self-government and
of home rule. And especially to mend
this wrong to you who, having fought to
maintain the Union, are denied the rights
of the citizens of the Union. Such q con-
aition is intolerable and cannot long en-
dure. This territory, that you have done
so much to settle and develop, must be ad-
mitted into that Union which YOU fought
TO maintain, and you yourselves must be
~reinvested with all the rights Of the citi-
zens of a common country which you lost
because your enterprise and your energy
have pushed YOU beyond the bonds OF old
civilizations and made you the fo5:ird>rs
and organizers of e states. Ia The gem
eraI. happiness of our great coRGtft lie re-
joice in the glories of the past, The pros
perity Of the present and the hopes VI a
future incidentally great, We sympathize,
and knowing that all these We're secured
by the sacrifices and tolls, the danger and
d~iscomforts, the wounds and suferings of
comrades, we give this day out of the year
TO renew our brotherhood with the living
and paying honor TO the memory OF the
dead.